U.S. Information Agency, International Broadcasting Bureau, Office of Personnel and Administration, Contracts and Procurement Division, B/PA/AC, Room 1645, 330 Independence Ave., S.W., Washington, DC 20547

B -- AUDIENCE SURVEY IN ETHIOPIA SOL B/PA-99-13 DUE 052899 POC Contact Point/Contracting Officer: Lorraine Mullen, Telephone (202)260-2933; Facsimile: (202) 205-1921. The U.S. Information Agency's International Broadcasting Bureau (USIA/IBB), Contracts and Procurement Division (B/PA/AC), has a requirement, subject to the availability of funds, for a contractor to provide: (1) quantitative data on the size, composition, and media habits of the audience for Voice of America (VOA) broadcasts in Ethiopia; and (2) qualitative evaluations of VOA broadcasts by listeners in Ethiopia. The USIA/IBB anticipates awarding a firm-fixed price contract (purchase order), utilizing Simplified Acquisition Procedures, as specified in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Part 13, to the responsible quoter (offeror) whose price quotation conforming to a forthcoming RFQ is most advantageous to the USIA/IBB, based on the quoter's: (a) Technical Capabilities/Experience in conducting audience surveys and focus groups; and (b) Price Quotation. Of these two selection criteria, the Technical Capabilities/Experience criterion is significantly dominant over the Price criterion. Request for Quotation (RFQ) No. B/PA-99-13 is scheduled for release by B/PA/AC on April 29, 1999. Responses to this forthcoming RFQ (i.e. Technical Capabilities/Experience information, and Price quotation) are due to B/PA/AC by the close of business (5 p.m. EST), May 28, 1999. Firms interested in receiving a copy of the RFQ must request such receipt in writing to the Contracting Officer, Lorraine Mullen, via facsimile at (202) 205-1921 or E-mail at lfmullen@ibb.gov. All written requests for copies of the RFQ must be received by April 28, 1999; and such requests shall include the RFQ number, the requestor's company name, mailing address, telephone number, and facsimile number. No telephone requests for this RFQ will be accepted by B/PA/AC. The Contracting Officer has found and determined that this proposed work is appropriate for an "unrestricted" procurement, pursuant to FAR Subpart 19.502 (Setting Aside Acquisitions). All responsible sources may request a copy of the forthcoming RFQ upon its release by USIA/IBB. This Notice is not an IFB, RFP or RFQ. Posted 04/22/99 (W-SN323121). (0112)

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